No — according to Les Feldick's teaching, during the first 250 years of Church history the Church held premillennialism rather than opposing it.
Les points to the period from about 40/50 A.D. through the end of 299 as the first 250 years of Church history. He says that in the very early days of Christianity they all held to this premise, and he treats amillennialism as the opposition that arose later.
Revelation 20:4 — This verse is the clearest scriptural basis for the thousand-year reign that became the early Church's millennial teaching.
Scripture does not comment on later church history or on amillennial opposition. It does, however, reveal Christ's thousand-year reign: 'And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years' (Revelation 20:4). Revelation 20:6 adds, 'Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.'
Les Feldick counters the claim that the rapture, tribulation, and millennial kingdom originated with a teenage girl in Spain. He explains that people may not find these doctrines at the time of Luther and Calvin, but for the first 250 years of Church history — from about 40 or 50 A.D. through the end of 299 — the Church held premillennial teaching. He states that even in the very early days of Christianity, they all held to this premise. He calls the opposition to this line of teaching amillennialism and says he will explain how it came about in a subsequent program. He also teaches that the thousand-year reign of Christ is not a contradiction to the Old Testament's eternal kingdom language; it is the introduction into the eternal kingdom.
Les specifically identifies the period from about 40 or 50 A.D. through the end of 299 as the first 250 years of Church history. He contrasts this with the idea that the millennium began with a teenage girl's dream. He says that even in the very early days of Christianity, they all held to the premillennial premise.
Les explains that although the Old Testament speaks of the Kingdom as forever, Revelation is the place that puts a thousand-year time frame upon it. He teaches that the thousand-year reign of Christ is really just an introduction into the eternal kingdom, and he notes that when believers enter eternity it will be on much the same basis as the kingdom, with Christ ruling and reigning.
Les does not give a specific date for the beginning of amillennialism in these clips, but he calls it 'the opposition to this line of teaching' and says he will explain how it came about in a later program. He contrasts it with the very early days of Christianity when, according to him, they all held to the premillennial premise.
The Teenage Girl Myth
Les answers the claim that the millennium came from a teenage girl by pointing back to the first 250 years of Church history, the period that is the basis for the current question.
Revelation's Thousand-Year Time Frame
Les shows that Revelation is the scriptural place where a thousand-year time frame is placed on the Kingdom, giving the teaching its name 'millennium.'
The Early Church Held the Premillennial Premise
Les directly states that in the very early days of Christianity they all held to the premillennial premise, and he identifies amillennialism as the opposition that he will explain later.
The Millennium Flows Into Eternity
Les clarifies that the thousand-year reign is not separate from the eternal kingdom; the same kingdom economy continues into eternity.
Daniel's Vision of 4 Beasts & the Antichrist Explained
Now, it took me a while to come to that conclusion, but I'm so convinced of it now, I speak it without apology, that the thousand-year reign of Christ is limited in time. Absolutely it is. The Scripture says a thousand years. But, in essence, that same kingdom economy is going to go right on into all eternity.
Daniel's Four Beasts and the Revived Roman Empire Explained
Now, it took me a while to come to that conclusion, but I'm so convinced of it now, I speak it without apology, that the thousand-year reign of Christ is limited in time. Absolutely it is. The Scripture says a thousand years. But, in essence, that same kingdom economy is going to go right on into all eternity.
What Does It Mean to Be "All Things to All Men"? — 1 Corinthians 9
We don't know how long it'll last, we only know it's now come 1900 and some years, and then the Church will have to be taken out of the way so that God can pick up where He left off with Israel, because that all belongs back in the prophetic program.
What Peter Really Said at Pentecost — Acts 2 Explained
That all Psalms 2 showed that Christ would come, He'd be rejected, He'd ascend back to glory, and then would come the time of vexation and wrath of God, the tribulation, and then, and yet have I set my King on the holy hill of Zion? Then would come the Kingdom? Well there was no hint in there that there was going to be a break of 2,000 years.
Revelation 20:4: And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
This verse provides the biblical basis for the thousand-year reign of Christ with His saints.
Revelation 20:6: Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
This verse emphasizes the blessedness of those who reign with Christ during the millennium.
No. Les Feldick tells of a critic who claimed this, but he points out that the teaching goes back to the first 250 years of Church history. From about 40/50 A.D. through 299, the Church held to the millennial teaching.
According to Les Feldick, yes. He says that even in the very early days of Christianity they all held to the premillennial premise. He links this to the teaching that Christ will reign for a thousand years as described in Revelation 20.
Les notes that the Old Testament does not place a time frame on the Kingdom. Revelation is where the thousand years is introduced, and therefore this period of Christ's reign is called the millennium.
Les teaches that the thousand-year reign is the introduction into the eternal kingdom. The same kingdom economy continues into eternity, but Revelation limits the opening phase of that reign to a thousand years.
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